I know there are problems with unlicenced minicabs over here, but the black London taxis are usually OK.

Do you not have a standardised taxi like the London ones in Ireland, or is it just minicabs?

Its all licenced and centralised but any car type can be used (within reason) they seem to forge all the stuff up in the North or in other cases one vetted and licenced driver rents his taxi to five unlicenced drivers to maximise the income.I was in a taxi once and the driver asked if I minded if he stopped for a minute as he'd just seen a cab at a Taxi Rank with his licence number on the roof. It was fun to watch the fallout but worried me a bit as well.

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